Comments on: LSB Resources: Additional Indexes

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:13:47 +0000

Pastor Simojoki — I was able to reverse engineer the relational database that I used to create the list and extract the pertinent data and put it back together in an Excel spreadsheet. I’ve added a link to the file in the above list as item #4.

Thanks for asking the question. It may be of use to others as well.

By: Tapani Simojoki

Tapani Simojoki — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:59:00 +0000

This is great stuff. I’m involved in a project that needs this info and you have just saved me a fair few hours of work! Do you think it would be possible to get a copy of these in an editable format as well (in order to draw up a cross-reference table with other hymnals)? If so, drop me an e-mail… If not, I understand.

Thanks.
Pastor Tapani Simojoki

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:08:37 +0000

Glad to hear that this has been a useful resource!

By: Kantor Dennis

Kantor Dennis — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:02:48 +0000

I would like to add an AMEN! to the previous posters. I had a need for the hymns-by-number list. I prepare a book for my service planning, with the hymns and reading references listed in them. My pastor gives me the hymns by number, so this list saves me much time (and a little wear on the hymnbook) in fleshing out the numbers with titles and tune names. Very, very useful! Thank you so much!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:53:05 +0000

I too will find these lists useful… I currently cannot use them because of my current position in a Presbyterian church, but once I finish school I’ll be running, not walking, to the best LCMS church I can find. I have archived your lists in anticipation of that joyous day.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:34:01 +0000

Jackie — I hope you find the lists useful. An indexed list of music sure makes things easier to find. A few years ago when LSB was released, CPH issued a “catalog” called Music Resources for Lutheran Service Book (which is evidently no longer available). This had many of the tune names from LSB along with organ books from the CPH catalog that had that tune. If your music library has a lot of CPH products, then this could be valuable.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:26:30 +0000

Thank you Pastor Peters for your kind words. It’s a joy and privilege to work on this blog and be a “Lutheran Kantor”. Paul Westermeyer said, “it is one of the most rewarding things you will ever do” (referencing the Kantor part, not necessarily the blogging part).

I must say that I look forward to your “meanderings” and where you’ll go next.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:48:05 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing the work you have done. I, too, recently indexed all of my organ music by hymn tune name. I included one common hymn title, the books in which music is to be found, and the use for the music (whether harmonization, improvisation, etc.) This certainly has saved time flipping through books looking for a particular piece. I think I will add hymn numbers from LSB now that I’ve read this blog. Thanks again for the encouragement you give!

By: Larry A Peters

Larry A Peters — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:44:16 +0000

What a great resource! I am so thankful to have use of your good work and to let you know how much and how often your blog is a blessing to me — especially a couple of the Sacred Music links which I had not seen… truly one of the great high points of my week is to listen to these various programs which present the music of the church reflective of the liturgical calendar… thanks again!!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:46:36 +0000

Thanks Shauna. I hope you find the list useful. For the parish musician, especially an organist or pianist, hymn tunes are often the bedrock from which many other things flow — hymn playing, introduction/intonations, and instrumental music. It’s definitely handy to be familiar with the names of the tunes in the hymnal.